Bonnar: Ortiz is the sport’s biggest a**hole ever
Stephan Bonnar: “It’s a big fight. It’s what I wanted. I can’t ask for anything more. It’s a blessing. I’m getting paid money to punch Tito Ortiz…”
Tito Ortiz claimed this week that he planted a spy in Stephan Bonnar’s camp and manipulated the light heavyweight and UFC President Dana White into having the fight made in Bellator. Bonnar recently spoke with Severe MMA and explained how it came to be and why he wanted a fight with Tito Ortiz:
According to Bonnar, White refused to book him against higher profile names once he gave up the light-heavyweight title pursuit in favor of marquee fights.
“I accepted that and moved on with my life,” said Bonnar. “But then Bellator gave me a ring and music to my ears. This is the kind of fight that sparks my interest.
“It’s a big fight. It’s what I wanted. I can’t ask for anything more. It’s a blessing. I’m getting paid money to punch Tito Ortiz, probably the biggest a**hole the sport’s ever known. Someone’s going to pay me to do that? That’s truly a blessing.”
transcribed by MMAFighting.com…